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The Montreal Canadiens say that the body of Jean Beliveau, who died Tuesday, will be on public view at the Belle Centre Sunday and Monday. Beliveau, who won 10 Stanley Cups with Montreal as a player and seven more working in the front office, was 83. No one's name appears on the Cup more than Beliveau's. Leonard Shecter once wrote, "When Jean Beliveau walks down the street in Quebec, the women smile, the men shake his hand, and the little boys follow him." ... LeBron James and the Cavaliers are at Madison Square Garden to play the Knicks Thursday night. Should be some good celebrity sightings for that one, but maybe not as good as the game in Cleveland Tuesday night....

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The Montreal Canadiens say that the body of Jean Beliveau, who died Tuesday, will be on public view at the Belle Centre Sunday and Monday. Beliveau, who won 10 Stanley Cups with Montreal as a player and seven more working in the front office, was 83. No...

The Patriots are at the Packers Sunday, which should be a good one. Yahoo Sports' power rankings have the Patriots (9-2) No. 1 and the Packers (8-3) No. 2. Super Bowl preview? We're a long way from that, but you never know. If the Patriots do win...

BALTIMORE — Think for a second about postseason heroes in Orioles history.Once you move past Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and Rick Dempsey, there's another pantheon reserved for guys who will never end up in the team's Hall of Fame, but provided a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Texas general manager Jon Daniels came into the chaos of a celebratory A's clubhouse Sunday wanting to offer congratulations to manager Bob Melvin and some of Melvin's troops.One of the players Daniels made a...

Division leaders Detroit and Oakland forged an American League arms race as the Tigers got David Price from Tampa Bay and the A's dealt for Boston's Jon Lester in a frenzied finish to Thursday's trade deadline.The pair of aces could lead to an epic...

NEW YORK — Shane Greene pitched eight-plus outstanding innings to lead the Yankees to a 1-0 victory in the finale of a four-game series with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon.
Greene (3-1) continued an impressive run of starting pitching by New...

NEW YORK -- Starting pitching was expected to dominate this week at Yankee Stadium by at least one team. That team was the New York Yankees, whose patchwork rotation dominated despite having four opening day starters on the disabled list. Shane Greene...

LAKELAND, Fla. The train is gaining steam. And the latest coal in the Justin Verlander comeback car was burned by manager Brad Ausmus on Sunday, when he said this about the right-hander's live batting practice session: "That's the best I've...

Major League Baseball is slowly addressing the lagging pace of games. MLB and the players' association announced an agreement Friday to enforce the rule requiring a hitter to keep at least one foot in the batter's box in many cases. MLB also will post...

LAKELAND, Fla. Detroit Tigers pitchers and catchers report to spring training Thursday. And for the first time in five years, right-hander Max Scherzer is not one of them. Scherzer instead will report with the Washington Nationals on the eastern...

WASHINGTON -- Sure seems as if Max Scherzer and his wife now will be able to afford to buy themselves at least one of those nonstick baking sheets they were hoping to receive as a wedding gift.
Or even a few million of 'em.
The 2013 AL Cy Young Award...

DETROIT — David Price and the Detroit Tigers avoided arbitration with a record-setting deal.
Price agreed to a $19.75 million contract, the largest one-year deal for a player who filed for arbitration. The agreement surpassed Max Scherzer's...

Clayton Kershaw will need to find a little more room to his already crowded trophy case.
Just one day after garnering a third career Cy Young Award in unanimous fashion, the Los Angeles Dodgers ace became the first pitcher in 46 years to be named the...

Clayton Kershaw emphasized that he wasn't taking his latest Cy Young Award for granted.
"You don't want to have anything take away from that," he said.
But …
"For me, personally, the season didn't end the way I wanted it to," he...

Clayton Kershaw still doesn’t have a World Series ring, but he received the ultimate consolation prize Thursday.
Kershaw was voted the most valuable player of the National League, becoming the first NL pitcher to win the award since Bob Gibson in 1968....

PHOENIX — After grooming Ben Cherington replace him eventually with the Red Sox, Cubs President Theo Epstein goes head-to-head against his one-time protege for the first time since both interviewed Dale Sveum for their manager openings three years ago.
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The aces went down in a hurry this October. Clayton Kershaw and David Price, gone. Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer, done. Zack Greinke and Justin Verlander, out. Jered Weaver and Jordan Zimmermann, see you in spring training.
The best starting pitcher...

This is not the postseason of the ace.
If pitching wins in October, the best pitching ought to win the most. Not this October.
Clayton Kershaw, the best pitcher on the planet? Two tries, no wins. Jon Lester and Stephen Strasburg? One try for each, no...

DETROIT -- Buck Showalter has played postseason chess several times before, and like most participants as confident as he is, he has lost more times than not.
But in the Orioles’ triumphant American League Division Series sweep of the Detroit Tigers, the...

Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their immediate reaction to Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Orioles and the Detroit Tigers at Camden Yards.
Dan Connolly, reporter: Thursday’s 12-3 Orioles victory was...